The engine was taken from a racing Lexus SC300 and put into the Corvette because it was a lighter chassis and it was already setup for racing since it was Ricky Father’s race car. The rest of the drivetain consists of a Powerglide two-speed transmission and Ford 9″ rear with 4.88 gears.

It took Ricky and some friends about three weeks to complete the swap and it went surprisingly smooth. The Corvette got its first test at FL2K15 and ran a 8.90 sec quarter-mile at 153 mph and a 5.23 sec eighth-mile at 135 mph on a lower boost setting.